Eric will probably have the best advice for you along these lines. But my assessment of Twitter, Facebook, etc., is that your involvement needs to be active and regular, and getting started is a full time commitment, with your book front and center.I gave up because it ate up too much time.

Stumpy wrote: "Does anyone know of a good book on marketing on-line ebooks and paperbacks? I'm lost in a pool of twitter, facebook, follow me, and my website, which I don't think is working right."

Absolutely!

There are many books on Marketing in the libraries and on the internet. Doing the proper research and learning how other successful authors do it will point you in the right direction. Marketing is something that has to be done regularly or your 'message' gets lost in the 'noise'.

Here is just a small list of great books that come to mind:

1001 Ways to Market Your Books, by John Kremer

Jump Start Your Book Sales, by Mariyln & Tom Ross

Plug Your Book, by Steve Weber

How To Publish and Promote Online, M.J. Rose & Angela Adair-Hoy

How To Make Real Money Selling Books, by Brian Jud

Publicize Your Book, by Jacqueline Deval

The Right Way To Write, Publish and Sell Your Book, by Patricia L. Fry

Read the thread I've suggested above (including the links/urls in that thread) because there is really good information there!

Also, do a search in the "Search Community" search box (top right hand corner of the CS website), using search terms like: promote, sales, marketing, etc., you'll find alot of good info that can help you to at least start brainstorming ideas.

I was trying to give you the perfect segue . . . Glad you asked, here's my my book . . . "thought I'd 'plug' my book!" Why not at the top of the list?

Stumpy . . . The key to marketing, like advertising, is persistence. We used to call what typically happens . . . "Is this ad old or what! And this marketing plan, it was ahead of the curve back when we were still using steam power!" . . . client fatigue. But for the person who stumbles onto your book, site, blog, Facebook page, etc. tomorrow, it's all new.

walton wrote: "I was trying to give you the perfect segue . . . Glad you asked, here's my my book . . . "thought I'd 'plug' my book!" Why not at the top of the list?"

Trust me, I considered it! But in all honesty, I didn’t want to draw ALL the attention on my book but rather the list of books above it - ALL of which are fantastic books that I’ve benefited from personally and that I know others would as well.

Yeah, these are the things I have to learn. Do you remember Bennett Serf? He worked for some publishing house and he really loved books. "Where have all the devoted editors gone? Gone to graveyards every one. When will they ever return? Long time waiting."